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PC Magazine November 25, 2003 |
Get Rid of the Links Folder in IE Tweak the Registry to stop IE from recreating the Links folder after you delete it. |
PC Magazine June 8, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking |
Eliminate IE's AutoComplete Reminder AutoComplete: some people like it, some don't. Those who don't like it can turn it off. |
PC Magazine June 21, 2006 |
Eliminate This Desktop Invader Eliminating an annoying Common Tasks Pane that should be part of Windows Explorer, not your desktop. |
PC Magazine July 11, 2007 Neil J. Rubenking |
IE7 Gripes About Security Settings How to get rid of those annoying pop-ups in IE7. |
PC Magazine September 7, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking |
Totally Remove a URL from History Deleting a single address from IE's history list requires inside information. |
PC Magazine December 28, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking |
Windows Explorer Loses Menu, Toolbar How to restore a missing main menu and toolbar from Window Explorer on Windows 2000 Professional. |
PC Magazine October 5, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking |
View Source Fails in Outlook and IE In both Outlook and Internet Explorer, right-clicking and choosing View Source currently does not work on my computer. |
PC Magazine November 16, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking |
Restore Suppressed Dialogs in OE Reinstating some of the e-mail client's warnings requires registry diving. |
PC Magazine May 4, 2005 Neil J. Rubenking |
Context Menu Options to Move or Copy Files You can add "Copy To Folder" and "Move To Folder" to the Windows Explorer context menu, so that when you right-click on a file or folder in Explorer you have the option to copy or move it to another folder. |
PC Magazine May 30, 2007 Neil J. Rubenking |
Missing DLL Balks Install How to fix a missing DLL. |
PC Magazine August 2, 2006 |
Eliminate "Recent Documents" Evidence Disable Window's XP history of your recent documents. |
PC Magazine April 20, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking |
Repair Internet Explorer 6 Under Windows XP When Internet Explorer breaks in Windows XP, you have to fool the OS. |
PC Magazine February 1, 2008 Neil J. Rubenking |
Keep Vista from Adding "Shortcut" to Shortcuts Here's how to get Vista to name things the way you want, instead of the way it defaults. |
PC Magazine November 30, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking |
Small Pictures Become Huge Documents in Word A number of readers are mystified by a file-size anomaly in Microsoft Word. |
PC World August 2003 Scott Dunn |
Pain-Free Windows Tweaks Want to fix nagging Windows irritations and automate everyday tasks? With these surprisingly simple Registry and batch-file tips, it's not brain surgery. |
PC Magazine September 14, 2005 Neil J. Rubenking |
Internet Explorer's Kiosk Mode How to enable IE's kiosk mode so that users only have the limited functionality that you give them. |
PC World April 2006 Scott Dunn |
Windows Hacks: Registry Remedies Get the Windows XP you really want with these 12 tips for mastering the operating system's inner workings. |
PC Magazine September 16, 2003 Neil J. Rubenking |
Put Google in IE's Search Bar There's a quicker way if you want to make Google your default. |
PC World May 2001 Scott Spanbauer |
Hunt Down Those Hackers and ... Ignore Them? Uncover possible hackers... customize IE's title bar... install Winamp... |
PC Magazine April 20, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking |
Remove "Orphan" Internet Explorer Toolbars Removing a toolbar that an uninstaller missed requires some detective work with Regedit. |
PC Magazine December 30, 2003 Neil J. Rubenking |
Windows Explorer Displays System32 Folder at Start-Up Visit the Registry to fix a fairly common problem with Windows NT 4.0, 2000, and XP systems. |
PC World February 2006 Scott Dunn |
The Quickest Way to Make Several Folders at Once A shortcut makes multiple folders... Change your 'open with' list... Spiff up your command prompt... |
PC Magazine January 18, 2006 Neil J. Rubenking |
Shortcut to Launch a Non-Default Browser Specify using Internet Explorer to open certain websites. |
PC Magazine October 1, 2003 Neil J. Rubenking |
Blocked by Phantom Administrator When I select Internet Options from Internet Explorer's Tools menu, I get a message that reads, "This operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator." |
PC Magazine June 20, 2007 |
Bring Wordpad Up To Speed Microsoft generally makes programs backward-compatible but that doesn't mean they will do all the work for you. Read up on the best way to get your old files working in your new OS. |
InternetNews February 23, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
IE Phishing Exploit Reported A new potential phishing attack vector was revealed this week that might put Microsoft Internet Explorer users at risk if they're not careful. |
PC World December 2000 Lincoln Spector |
Answer Line Get e-mail messages from another PC... customize file associations... convert Mac and Unix text files for use in Windows... remove right-click options associated with uninstalled programs... getting online when your voice mail makes your dial tone beep... |
PC Magazine June 21, 2006 |
Open With Internet Explorer Right-click a link to open a web page in Internet Explorer with Firefox set as your default. |
InternetNews September 23, 2010 |
Chrome's Browser Engine Available to IE users Does adding Google's Chrome Frame to Internet Explorer pose a security risk? |
InternetNews September 3, 2010 |
Microsoft IE Browser Slips in Share After Gains Microsoft has been hyping the recent gains in market share Internet Explorer has enjoyed in recapturing some of its eroding market share, but the latest figures suggest that it could be slipping again. |
PC World February 2001 Scott Dunn |
Preview Images in Windows Explorer Restore thumbnails for image files; expand file searches; what's FooBar? |
PC World August 2002 Lincoln Spector |
Answer Line: Remove Apps That Don't Uninstall Themselves Windows tips: How to delete stubborn applications on your safely... Manage media players... More on blocked Web pages... |
PC Magazine May 3, 2006 |
Don't Miss Outlook Mail Notifications How to manipulate the properties of e-mail notifications to meet your needs. |
PC Magazine September 14, 2005 Neil J. Rubenking |
Control a Window with the Keyboard Keyboard shortcuts to resizing or move a window. |
PC Magazine June 8, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking |
Turn Off Startup Task Pane I couldn't seem to get rid of the Startup task pane (or pane in the neck, as I came to call it) in Microsoft Word 2003 after I upgraded from Office XP. |
PC World January 2006 Scott Dunn |
Break Through Windows' Workspace Limitations Tips to gain usable space in Windows and in applications. |
PC World December 21, 2006 Andrew Brandt |
Disable ActiveX Controls That Are Under Attack Set a kill bit in your Windows Registry to prevent rogue ActiveX controls from loading. |
PC World November 2001 Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Have You Clicked Your Links Toolbar Today? Get the most out of the Links toolbar, see full title paths in folder title bars, start up the way you want... |
PC Magazine June 22, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking |
Control Where Outlook Saves Attachments How to change the location that Outlook uses to store temporary copies of attachments when you choose to open them. |
PC Magazine March 15, 2006 |
Clear XP Unread Messages To clean up the unread message notification, you'll first clear the existing information and then configure the system so it doesn't add more. |
PC Magazine October 1, 2003 Neil J. Rubenking |
Personalize Office's Places Bar When I save a document in Word, a dialog box appears that lets me navigate to the folder where I want to save the file. Is there a way to add a folder to this list? |
PC World December 2004 Scott Dunn |
Remove Unsolicited Junk From Your Context Menus How to remove several items from the menus that pop up when you right-click in Windows Explorer, especially shortcuts to programs that aren't being used. |
PC Magazine September 27, 2006 Dave Mathews |
Customize Your Drive Icons In the early 1980s, when the computer revolution brought us removable storage media, all we had to worry about was two floppy drives -- A: and B:. |
PC World November 2004 Lincoln Spector |
Clean Up What a Messy Uninstall Leaves Behind Eliminate a deleted application's remaining pieces... Streamline your startup... Get missing Web images to show... etc. |
PC World September 25, 2006 Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Vanquish Still More Windows Annoyances These eight tricks should improve your Windows experience. |
PC Magazine February 3, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking |
Spell-Check Halted in Outlook Express Whenever I send an e-mail message, I get the following error message: The spell check on this document was halted. Do you want to send anyway? |
PC Magazine February 14, 2007 |
IE Favorites in Alphabetical Order Configure Internet Explorer to automatically arrange the Favorites menu in alphabetical order. |
PC World April 2002 Scott Dunn |
Open Explorer to the Folders You Use Most Change the folder Explorer opens to, and create shortcuts that will open Explorer to all your favorite folders... |
PC Magazine August 17, 2005 Neil J. Rubenking |
Change a Hard Drive's Icon How to change the icon for a hard drive. |
PC Magazine October 1, 2003 Neil J. Rubenking |
Find a Name in a Large Blocked Senders List I just found out that an important e-mail correspondent somehow ended up on my Blocked Senders list in Outlook Express, but he shouldn't be there. |